CVE-2011-3618 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling

atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-11-12 15:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-11-14 18:37:00

Affected Software

Atop Project Atop

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

Debian Linux 10

10

References

Red Hat

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3618

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Debian

Third Party Advisory

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